Squirrels are one of the most widely distributed game animals in the U.S. and southern living folks know them to be some of the best eating also. They can be fried, broiled, or spitted over a backyard campfire - or cooked into a meat pie. But the best way to eat them is when they’re stuffed and roasted.
Before preparing squirrels for cooking, skin and clean them and soak for an hour in salt water, then dry them thoroughly.
What You Will Need:
3 squirrels
1/4 cup lemon juice (substitute 2 tbsp vinegar)
3/4 cup cooking oil
2 cups bread crumbs
1/2 cup milk
1 4oz. can mushroom pieces
1/2 tsp salt
1 dash of black pepper
1 small onion, grated
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp tabasco sauce
1/4 cup olive oil or bacon fat
1 dash paprika
Prepare squirrels as described above, then combine lemon juice and cooking oil and rub into them (squirrels).
Mix together the bread crumbs, milk, mushrooms, salt, pepper, onion, and Worcestershire and tabasco sauces to make a moist stuffing and fill the squirrels with it. Skewer shut, brush with oilve oil or bacon fat and sprinkle with paprika.
Arrange in a shallow baking pan and cook in 325 degrees oven for 90 minutes or until tender and well done.
baste as necessary.
